Finished! The first in my planned series of Cú Chulainn/Mountain Goats pieces, and the first remake of two older pieces from when I was still in school.
The death of Cú Chulainn is predicted to come at a young age as he took up his first arms after hearing that any who do so that day will be a great hero, but suffer a young death.
On his way to battle that would be the end of him, Cú Chulainn is forced through deception to break his three geasa (a sort of self inflicted taboo), which weakened him spiritually and allowed for the fight ahead to lead to his death.
Upon receiving the blow that would kill him, Cú Chulainn tied himself to a large dolmen, now called the Clochafarmore, that he would die standing, rather than on the ground like an animal.
The song lyrics used come from “Deuteronomy 2:10” by the Mountain Goats fromThe Life of the World to Come.
The death of Cú Chulainn is a sort of spoiler-y place to start, so sorry to you unfamiliar with the story, but honestly, it’s a pre-Christian series of stories so that’s kinda on you.
Finished! The first in my planned series of Cú Chulainn/Mountain Goats pieces, and the first remake of two older pieces from when I was still in school.
The death of Cú Chulainn is predicted to come at a young age as he took up his first arms after hearing that any who do so that day will be a great hero, but suffer a young death.
On his way to battle that would be the end of him, Cú Chulainn is forced through deception to break his three geasa (a sort of self inflicted taboo), which weakened him spiritually and allowed for the fight ahead to lead to his death.
Upon receiving the blow that would kill him, Cú Chulainn tied himself to a large dolmen, now called the Clochafarmore, that he would die standing, rather than on the ground like an animal.
The song lyrics used come from “Deuteronomy 2:10” by the Mountain Goats fromThe Life of the World to Come.
The death of Cú Chulainn is a sort of spoiler-y place to start, so sorry to you unfamiliar with the story, but honestly, it’s a pre-Christian series of stories so that’s kinda on you.
Finished! The first in my planned series of Cú Chulainn/Mountain Goats pieces, and the first remake of two older pieces from when I was still in school.
The death of Cú Chulainn is predicted to come at a young age as he took up his first arms after hearing that any who do so that day will be a great hero, but suffer a young death.
On his way to battle that would be the end of him, Cú Chulainn is forced through deception to break his three geasa (a sort of self inflicted taboo), which weakened him spiritually and allowed for the fight ahead to lead to his death.
Upon receiving the blow that would kill him, Cú Chulainn tied himself to a large dolmen, now called the Clochafarmore, that he would die standing, rather than on the ground like an animal.
The song lyrics used come from “Deuteronomy 2:10” by the Mountain Goats fromThe Life of the World to Come.
The death of Cú Chulainn is a sort of spoiler-y place to start, so sorry to you unfamiliar with the story, but honestly, it’s a pre-Christian series of stories so that’s kinda on you.
Found another simple shot from Sakuracon thanks to a friend, and all I can think about is how good we look while just being huge dorks. Even though very few of our outfits go together, I always enjoy having a group of people from the same series just hanging out and being friends. Getting to make memories from your bond of a series and building upon new and old friendships is a big part of cosplay for me. The older I get the more I welcome those bonds because it builds upon a creative passion we all love to share! __________________________________